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Rare Jaguars Spotted in Arizona and Mexico
Yahoo ^ | Feb 22, 2009 | Robert Roy Britt

Posted on 02/25/2009 11:12:37 AM PST by george76

The Arizona Game and Fish Department caught and collared a wild jaguar in Arizona for the first time, officials said Thursday. While a handful of the big cats have been photographed by automatic cameras in recent years, the satellite tracking collar will now help biologists learn more about this animal's range.

Meanwhile, a jaguar was spotted in central Mexico for the first time in a century. Scientists photographed the cat with an automatic camera set alongside a trail thought to be frequented by the spotted felines.

The male cat in Arizona was captured southwest of Tucson during a study aimed at monitoring habitat connectivity for mountain lions and black bears. The healthy beast weighed in at 118 pounds with a thick and solid build.

Jaguars are the only cats in North America that roar. They're considered the largest cats in the Western Hemisphere. Adults commonly weigh up to 211 pounds (96 kg), though 300-pounders have been reported

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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: animalrights; ar; arizona; bigcats; cats; jaguars; kittyping; mexico; peta
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To: Constitution Day

I know my Jags. Never owned a D as these are pretty rare. did have two E types, a 1961 150-S and a Mk VII. The ladies thought the Mark was a Rolls.


21 posted on 02/25/2009 11:24:32 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: TFMcGuire
These are not your mild-dispositioned pumas.

Tell that to all the relatives of people that have been killed by mountain lions....

22 posted on 02/25/2009 11:24:53 AM PST by Osage Orange (Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators. -Will Rogers)
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To: Constitution Day

World's most famous tigrero, Sasha Siemel who hunted them in the Amazon with spears, bows, and occasionally, a gun. Not bad for a Latvian guy.

23 posted on 02/25/2009 11:25:41 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: TFMcGuire

Yes.

Some are quite large and very strong.


24 posted on 02/25/2009 11:26:28 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
Rare Jaguars Spotted in Arizona and Mexico

I thought jaguars were spotted all over.


25 posted on 02/25/2009 11:27:50 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("0bama talks, tanking stocks!"--WakeUpAndVote)
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To: Osage Orange

‘These are not your mild-dispositioned pumas.’ Um, isn’t there a club called the Cheetah’ in Atlanta which specializes in ‘wild animals’ in skimpy dress? I doubt those are mild-dispositioned clinton PUMAs, either.


26 posted on 02/25/2009 11:28:01 AM PST by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

They are pretty rare because there was a factory fire that destroyed some of them, correct?

My uncle is a British car guy and used to have a Mark VII...that’s one big, beautiful car!


27 posted on 02/25/2009 11:28:41 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Whew! There’s a man’s man.


28 posted on 02/25/2009 11:29:08 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: americanophile

Maybe they’re just eating the Mojados that American big cats don’t want to eat.


29 posted on 02/25/2009 11:31:47 AM PST by conservativeharleyguy (Democrats: Over 60 million fooled daily!)
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To: MHGinTN
Um, isn’t there a club called the Cheetah’ in Atlanta which specializes in ‘wild animals’ in skimpy dress? I doubt those are mild-dispositioned clinton PUMAs, either.

I will take your word on it.......

: )

30 posted on 02/25/2009 11:34:59 AM PST by Osage Orange (Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators. -Will Rogers)
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To: george76; Flycatcher; Grammy; jazusamo

Thanks for the pics george. That is a beautiful animal.

They must be expanding their ranges from Mexico to the U.S.

George, did you read about the two cats spotted in Indiana? (www.outdoorpressroom.com). I would post the article but I am trying to resusitate my home computer (I’m on the laptop now). My computer has been crashing and I fear it is dead, along with a BUNCH of files I need and should have backed up but didn’t (GULP).


31 posted on 02/25/2009 11:36:26 AM PST by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: Constitution Day
The fire was at the Browns Lane factory in February 1957. The D type racers and the road-going D known as the XK-SS (without the dorsal fin) were mostly wiped out. The D had a 3.4 with three Webers.
32 posted on 02/25/2009 11:37:46 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: girlangler

Some believe that PETA dumped the cat there.


33 posted on 02/25/2009 11:40:56 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76; girlangler

Seeing one of those in the back yard would certainly scare the spit out of me! I have enough trouble dealing emotionally with the “mild mannered” cougar!


34 posted on 02/25/2009 11:44:50 AM PST by Grammy
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To: girlangler
I remember back in the late 90's a hunting guide captured a photo of a jaguar in the Peloncillo Mountains of southeast Arizona. I remember seeing the pics -- beautiful animal.

This is a real no-man's land, so I'm not surprised another was found. There may be more there than we know.

35 posted on 02/25/2009 11:45:29 AM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I hope that kitty’s collar has a bell on it!


36 posted on 02/25/2009 11:50:45 AM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: george76

That’s a beautiful animal, George. Hopefully there are others and they’ll stay away from man.

Thanks for the ping.


37 posted on 02/25/2009 11:55:08 AM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: george76
another rare Jaguar


38 posted on 02/25/2009 11:59:04 AM PST by NRA1995 ("Yew jes' go & lay yore hand on a Pittsburgh Steeler fan & Ah think yore gonna finally understand")
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To: george76

39 posted on 02/25/2009 12:00:36 PM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Death in the Silent Places was a great book.


40 posted on 02/25/2009 12:01:31 PM PST by xone
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